[Quantian-general] New Quantian release? (fwd)

[A.J. Rossini]

On 2/18/08, Robert W. Hayden <hayden at mv.mv.com> wrote:
> Forwarded message:
> > From: Radovan Omorjan <omorr at uns.ns.ac.yu>
> >
> > Please tell us what are the reasons for that long delay of the new
> > Quantian release. Would it be any new at all?
>
> It's a lot of work.  Perhaps Dirk has been waiting for the number of
> "thank you"s to exceed the number of complaints about missing
> applications or the lack of a new version;-)

If it's anything like what I've experienced in my last 16 years
contributing to open source, I'm sure that what Dirk is feeling is
more like the following request:

"just get it done, it's not hard, and I need it now despite the fact
I'm not going to pay you, will actively work against your career
goals, and don't give a hoot about you".

Well, perhaps not all at once, but some peoples attitudes are pretty
crass and shameless.

It's actually not hard to put together a quantian release.  I've
remastered it a few times a few years ago.

But it does take up a great deal of time, and personally, I'd prefer
and work to support and thank Dirk for his other activities which are
absolutely critical to saving months of my time.

I think I still owe him a few beers (a few have been personally
"paid", I'm not quite so shameless!)

best,
-tony

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